This video is all about the Sinitic language family, also known as Chinese!
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Music

Introduction: “Lau Tzu Ehru” by Doug Maxwell
Main: “Sao Meo” by Doug Maxwell
Outro: “Cliff Slide” by Silent Partner.

Some of my sources (I used many others too):

http://web.mit.edu/jinzhang/www/pinyin/tones/ (Mandarin tones diagram)
http://stedt.berkeley.edu/about-st
“A History of the Chinese Language” by Hongyuan Dong

00:00 Intro
00:23 Basic information about the Chinese language(s)
01:50 The history of the Chinese language(s)
05:28 Varieties of Chinese today
06:34 The Chinese writing system
07:56 Chinese phonology
09:37 Variations in word order between varieties of Chinese
12:09 Traditional & Simplified characters
12:55 Final comments
13:36 The Question of the Day

Part 2 – Someday…
Part 3 – Someday…
Part 4 – Someyear???
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Disney’s Frozen is the Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Film!

Hear “Let It Go,” the Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song, in 25 different languages and see how fans in other countries have experienced Elsa unleashing her powers.

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Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind “Tangled” and “Wreck-It Ralph,” presents “Frozen,” a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven—to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.

The film is directed by Chris Buck (“Tarzan,” “Surf’s Up”) and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, “Wreck-It Ralph”), and produced by Peter Del Vecho (“Winnie the Pooh,” “The Princess and the Frog”). Featuring music from Tony® winner Robert Lopez (“The Book of Mormon,” “Avenue Q”) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (“In Transit”).

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The answer is, of course, a bit more complicated than you might think. •
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Lupyan, Gary, & Dale, Rick. (2016). Why Are There Different Languages? The Role of Adaptation in Linguistic Diversity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 20(9), 649-660.
Bybee, J. L. (2006). From Usage to Grammar: The Mind’s Response to Repetition. Language (Baltimore), 82(4), 711-733.
Bucholtz, M. & Hall, K. (2005) Identity and interaction: A sociocultural linguistic approach. Discourse Studies. vol. 7 (4-2): 585-614.
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Steels, L. (2011). Modeling the cultural evolution of language. Physics of Life Reviews, 8(4), 339-356.
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Dan Everett brings us back in time to the Homo Erectus to share how language began and why it is the ultimate evolutionary tool to share knowledge. Dan Everett was born in Southern California. He completed an undergraduate degree in biblical studies from the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and his Master’s and ScD in linguistics at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Brazil. From 1977, he has regularly conducted research on the Pirahã language of Brazil. He has also conducted research on Tzeltal (Mexico), Selish (USA), Arawan (Brazil), Satere (Brazil), Wari’ (Brazil) among many others. He has published fourteen books and more than 110 articles and has lectured around the world on his research. He converted to Christianity at 17 years of age and was a committed, evangelical Christian until abandoning his faith due to lessons he learned from the Pirahãs (as discussed in Don’t sleep, there are snakes). His most recent books are Dark Matter of the Mind: The Culturally Articulated Unconscious (University of Chicago Press) and How Language Began: The Story of Humanity’s Greatest Invention (W.W. Norton/Liveright). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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In this video, I will speak 7 different languages : French, English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic, Italian.

0:00 Intro
0:12 French ??
1:09 English ??
2:33 Korean ??
3:54 Japanese ??
5:21 Spanish ??
6:52 Arabic ??
7:58 Italian ??

I didn’t want to make a video saying I could speak more than 10 and just say a few words of each so I selected the ones I’m most confident with!

I hope you enjoy this video, and let me know if you are yourself a language lover in the comment section!

Thanks for watching

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This video is all about the languages of Belgium, and the fascinating linguistic situation in the country. The three official languages of Belgium are Dutch, French, and German, but that’s just the beginning.

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Chris Lonsdale is Managing Director of Chris Lonsdale & Associates, a company established to catalyse breakthrough performance for individuals and senior teams. In addition, he has also developed a unique and integrated approach to learning that gives people the means to acquire language or complex technical knowledge in short periods of time.

Jan-21-2014 Update. The video transcripts are now available via the following links:

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Today I’m chatting with @Wouter Corduwener, a Dutch guy who has conversational ability in 20 to 30 languages. There’s nothing fake here – he’s dedicated his life to getting really good at multiple languages and is a true hyperpolyglot. Now he’ll be the first to admit that he isn’t fluent in all of these languages, but he does have a genuine basic conversational ability in at least 23 languages and more advanced conversational ability (or fluency) in at least 6 languages. He’s a really impressive guy and I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Here’s a list, in order, of the languages he speaks in our interview: English, Mandarin, Italian, Portuguese, French, Thai, German, Korean, Tagalog, Hiligaynon, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish, Catalan, Vietnamese, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Jamaican Creole, Buryat, Japanese, and Greek. He also speaks Ukrainian, Hindi, Arabic, Farsi, Indonesian, Hebrew, and Turkish but forgot to speak those here.

0:00 Intro
1:20 Chinese
2:10 Italian
2:59 Portuguese
3:12 French
3:33 Thai
4:05 German
4:52 Korean
5:11 Tagalog
6:01 Hiligaynon
6:29 Dutch
6:39 Afrikaans
7:00 Spanish
8:15 Catalan
8:36 Vietnamese
8:51 Russian
10:01 Swedish
10:32 Danish
11:08 Jamaican Creole
11:44 Buryat
12:03 Japanese
12:21 Greek
12:55 How much time did it take him to learn these languages?
16:08 What is his language learning routine?
18:11 How does he study?
19:12 Is this his full time job?
24:04 Wouter discusses the language learning community

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